The midfielder is lying flat, the front line is on its own, and the defense is dependent on the goalkeeper. Can Real Madrid compete for the championship?

Sports Weekly All Media Spanish reporter Wu Yifan

Bernabeu fans originally planned to relax and enjoy this rare victory until the players decided to add some play. Real Madrid narrowly defeated Celta 3-2 at home, retaining the suspense of the championship to the national derby. However, you can't see the motivation and strength to compete for the championship from this team. Looking at the football world, after all, no championship team fights on the front line, and the midfield is ineffective, and defense only depends on the goalkeeper's divine pounce.

Celta ranked 7th in the league before the game and is a strong contender for the Europa League next season. The previous fierce battle with Barcelona is memorable. However, as Barcelona's nemesis, Celta's record against Real Madrid is not very good. The last draw was in 2020, and the last victory in the league dates back to 2014.

The Copa del Rey ends, and Real Madrid now has only one-line missions. Putting the competition aside whether to compete for the championship or not, at least we must hold Barcelona on this line and prevent our mortal enemies from moving towards the trio championship so easily. However, the reality is very skinny. Rudiger and Alaba were seriously injured and had a holiday early. The only central defenders were Raul Asensio and Chu Améni, who came to play guest roles, and even Militon were included in the reinforcements list. Rodrigo was also absent from this game, and Ancelotti once again gave Guillail a chance to start.

Can it be said that Gulaire should have started long ago? The Turkish scored and assisted in this game, and his precise angle movement at least made the clueless offensive cooperation look still. In the 33rd minute, when Real Madrid was at a loss for attack, Gulaire kicked a cloud arrow and slapped straight into the dead corner at the far end. The situation was suddenly opened.

5 minutes later, Mbappe got a single chance that seemed to be unsuccessful, but he chose to shoot a long shot very counterintuitively, and the ball went straight to the bottom of the net like a shell. I have to admire Mbappe's talent and ability. At this distance and angle, the ball was slipped but not biased. Shortly after the second half began, Mbappe received a straight pass from Gulaire, walked to the goal, and sent the ball into the goal with his left foot. 3 to 0, now it's stable. There was a lot of joy in the stands, and Real Madrid fans began to look forward to next week's national derby, blocking Barcelona, ​​and even the league championship.

But just like the brief burst and two set-piece goals in the Cup del Rey final a week ago, Real Madrid faced Celta in addition to the star effect and the star effect, which was not the same as the star effect. Gulaire's cooperation with the other three stars is isolated and very reluctant. Even though Vinicius and Mbappe are only 5 meters apart, they are as strange as passers-by, and they are even somewhat avoiding each other.

It would be fine if it was just an offensive problem. Before Real Madrid "secured the victory", Celta had launched at least two extremely threatening attacks. Fortunately, Courtois's super god performed as usual, and Raul Asensio took the initiative to attack and his foot was steady and ruthless, which allowed the frontcourt teammates to perform. This situation only lasted until the 67th minute, and Ancelotti decided to replace Asensio with Jacovo Ramon.

Ancelotti doesn't like to use Jakovo, because this young man, who is 1.96 meters tall, cannot be improved in other aspects except for strengthening air defense. And this time, even defending the set ball did not help. He played for 2 minutes and Celta scored with a corner kick. Vasquez took out a must-scoring goal from the goal line, but he cleared the opponent's feet in panic and was hit by the opponent in an empty goal.

Another 5 minutes passed, and Celta replaced veteran Aspass. The legendary forward demonstrated to both sides as soon as he appeared on the court, what is a perfect pass. In the 75th minute, he made Swadebery run into a single shot and easily sent the ball into the goal against Courtois. The Real Madrid central defender combination cannot be said to be indifferent, at least it is unresponsive. How easy this goal was to eliminate the relaxed atmosphere created by Real Madrid's previous three exciting goals, so relaxing that it makes people feel that they can score 3 more such goals in the remaining 15 minutes.

is not an exaggeration. Celta then really ran two similar single shots, but fortunately they were resolved by Courtois in time. Real Madrid created more opportunities for counterattacks, and each time it was wasted by star players' single fights. Only Brahim Dias barely made a low-threatening shot. Everyone in Real Madrid's forward line no longer expects it, it doesn't matter whether the teammates pass the ball or not, and whether they play or not.

Not to mention others, Ancelotti's drooping corners of his mouth are better than all tactical interpretations. Real Madrid fans watched Celta fail to siege in stoppage time, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when the referee blew the whistle to finish the game. It can be said that the referee team gave Real Madrid TV some black materials on the spot, such as Celta's last man fouled Mbappe but only received yellow cards, and Celta was suspected of handball in the penalty area. But these details cannot explain why Real Madrid led by 3 goals but was frightened to get a three-pointer.

At least this game is won, no matter what the result of the national derby, Real Madrid will not have to face the situation where Barcelona celebrates the league championship at home. Of course, the Madrid media will not do such articles. All I can write now is Mbappe and hope to compete with Lewandowski for the Golden Boot.